How do you know when to stop trying to use one proof strategy (like direct proof) and try something different (like proof by contradiction)?.

The following question refers to the vocabulary from “starfish” and “in just” a theme is the central idea of a work true false

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Now we have "lords of dogtown," a fiction film based on the very same material and indeed written by peralta. not only is there no need for this movie, but its weaknesses underline the strength of the doc.” based on this passage, we can conclude that the author a. prefers documentaries to fictional stories c. likes the movie “lords of dogtown” very much b. prefers the documentary over “lords of dogtown” d. feels that it took too long to make the movie “lords of dogtown”